8. Then the foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Let us have some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
9. ‘No, indeed,’ the wise ones answered, ‘there is not enough for you and for us. Go to the shop and buy some for yourselves.’
10. So the foolish women went off to buy some oil; and while they were gone, the bridegroom arrived. The five who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was closed.
11. “Later the other women arrived. ‘Sir, sir! Let us in!’ they cried out.
12. ‘Certainly not! I don't know you,’ the bridegroom answered.”
13. And Jesus concluded, “Be on your guard, then, because you do not know the day or the hour.
14. “At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there was a man who was about to go on a journey; he called his servants and put them in charge of his property.
15. He gave to each one according to his ability: to one he gave 5,000 gold coins, to another he gave 2,000, and to another he gave 1,000. Then he left on his journey.
16. The servant who had received 5,000 coins went at once and invested his money and earned another 5,000.
17. In the same way the servant who had received 2,000 coins earned another 2,000.
18. But the servant who had received 1,000 coins went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.
19. “After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
20. The servant who had received 5,000 coins came in and handed over the other 5,000. ‘You gave me 5,000 coins, sir,’ he said. ‘Look! Here are another 5,000 that I have earned.’